Seam for sewed articles.



C. MoNBIL. SEAM FDR SEWBD ARTICLES,

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27. 1906,

1,062,293. Patented May 20, 1913.

UNITED STATES l.PATENT oEEIoE.

CHESTER-MCNEIL, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB. T0 UNION'SPECIAL MACHINE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SEAM FOR' SEWED ARTICLES.

speeincanqn'of Letters Patent.

Patented May20, 1913.

Application led Ianuaryn27, 1906. Serial No. 298,228.

`in upholstery work, and at the same time,

inserting a. sh-irring string or cord,`so that the edges of a couch, chair, or similar article, may have the'desirable and usual shirred appearance.

The invention, therefore, consists in the matters hereinafter described and referred to in the appended claims.

l pnying drawings, in .which- Figure 1 represents a perspective View of two fabrics with their edges superposed, with the cord adjacent their edges and the overseaming stitches for uniting the fabrics and binding the -edgesand the cord in place; and Fig. 2 1s a perspective view, illustrating the appearance 'of the sameafter the goods have been spread out fiat and the lcord. pulled to give a shirred effect.

In these drawings, A, A, represent the two pieces of fabric, and in the present embodiment' of the invention, the edges are shown as superposed.

B represents the cord, which is laid along the edges of the two pieces of fabric, and C represents a line of zigzag or other overedge stitches, one set of loops passing down through the fabrics to unite them, and the other set of loops passing down outside the fabrics, and the cord thus serving to bind the raw adges of the fabric, and to hold the cord in position. The cord is preferably secured at one o1' two points by passing a few stitches into said cord or by knotting said cord or securing the same in any other suitable manner so that by pulling upon one or the other end thereof a shirring effect may be given to the fabrics, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

It will be understood that the embodiment y of the invention illustrated in the drawings, is that preferred by me, but it will be obvi ous that the .edges of the fabric might be abutted and united by a row ofA zigzag stitches, the shirring string being introduced l underneath the 'abutted edges and thus would be sewed fast to the material.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new and ti'sire to secure by Let-A ters Patent, is

1. A seam composed of two fabrics whose edges meet, a cord laid along the meeting edges of said fabrics, and a line of overseaming stitches unitingl the fabrics, and passing around the cord and binding the same in position against said fabrics, and

`means for fastening said cord to the seam at 4a certain polnt, whereby 1t will act as a shirring string; substantially as described.

2. A seam composed of two fabrics whose edges are superposed, a cord laid along the edges of said fabrics, and a line of oversoaming stitches passing through said fabrics along one side of said cord, and around the free edges of said fabrics and said cord, whereby the edges of the fabricare secured together and a cord is held in position against said fabrics the ends ot' said cord projecting beyond the ends of said fabric; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence otl two witnesses.

' CHESTER Nch'llll..

Witnesses F. S. Non'rrn A. B. CLoTIuEn.

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